Gong

now yr here & now yr Gong
now yr back where you belong
meet the wizard of the keys
and he'll reveal the mysteries
of angels eggs and octave doctors
radio gnome and love projectors
then he'll point up in the sky
you will see the teapots flying

down the oily way

down the oily way y slide
thru the inner space y ride
lots and lots of pot head pixies
ridin round in teapot taxis
on the planet gong they say
if everything goes wrong today
fill yr teapot up with tea
come and take a ride with me

down the oily way

OILY WAY
OILY WAY / it's not the milky way
OILY WAY / it's not the only way
OILY WAY / it's not the english way ha ha

stop! wait! hey! look!

high in the sky the world you remember
scenes that we dreamed of
time for the end of

hate! war! death!

YOU BIG DADDY IN YA BIG SICK CITY
GOTTA CHOOSE TO LOOSE YR GAMES NOW.

now yr here & now yr gong
but this aint me that sings this song
for we the gongband its enough
to be the instruments of love
on which the octave doctors play
that we be one & all as one with
gong on earth & find again
the joys of going around the bend

down the oily way

OILY WAY / it's not the only way
OILY WAY / it's not the milky way
OILY WAY / it's not the english way…

good evening.
we are the hubba dubba tea company of tibet.
would you like some tea?

Gnome, Gnome…
Radio Gnome…
Radio Gnome, Radio Gnome Invisible

Then when you're receiving
Perceiving your telepathic powers
Who knows why the wind blows through this window
Why you believe in me
We believe in you

What's that in the sky now?
Teapots that can fly now
Voices in your head
Tell me what they said

Banana, nirvana, manana (you know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (I know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (we know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (who knows)
Banana, nirvana, manana (you know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (I know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (we know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (who knows)

Everything you think shows
Hanging round your head
Underneath your long hair
Tell me what you feel there

You hear me
But I don't see you
You feel me
One day I'll be you

Radio Gnome…
Radio Gnome Invisible

Then when you're receiving
Believing your telepathic powers
Who knows why the wind blows through this window
Why you believe in me
We believe in you

What's that in the sky now?
Teapots that can fly now
Voices in your head
Tell me what they said

Zero...
Where are you ...
Doncha remember why you came to Everywhere...
The piece of mind that
You came to find has dis-appeared ...
For all that you could take
Was piece of cake and wine ...
And now you'll have to wait
Another time ...

Maybe you're here for the giggle
Maybe you're into the puzzle
Maybe you're blowing the bubble
Maybe you're all in a muddle

The more you know
The more you know you
Don't know what you know
Stone's throw left to go
Bad weather hell for leather
Now and zen you goof again
You never blow your trip forever

Earth mother soul brother
Be high here now
Third eye open soon
Meanwhile new world group soul
Lost and found underground
Next time round

A real weird number
Is Zero the man
Because he a turnin on
Round & round again
They say he'll never make it
But I think he can

There's a hole in the morning
It's the hole that he was born in
Now the old man's yawnin ...

It's the world of illusions
And Zero the Hero
Is up to his ears
In the mysteries ...
No solution to speak of ...
Round & round & round &
Round & round
That's Zero going round again ...
And maybe you come
And maybe you're gone
And maybe you're right
And maybe you're wrong
Maybe you're a one
And maybe you two
And maybe you're free
And dunno what for
Just as long as you're alive
It's all the same
It's all in the name
It's all in the sky and
It doesn't really matter
If you make it
So long as you try
So it's back on the path
Beside the road to everywhere
Gonna jump my horses
Over the weeks to everywhere
And with you we will share
Your sack of cares ...
And if things don't change for
Better or worse
Well man you must be dead
But cha don't have to give up hope
And ya don't have to give up dope (until you do)
And ya don't have to change your ways
You just
Have to
Be what you are my friends
Today ...
That's what the Octave Doctor says ...

So there goes Zero the Hero
Turning on around the wheel of births and deaths
And meanwhile the Octave Doctors
And the Pot Head Pixies and
All the other characters of
The Planet Gong hafta to leave you now
With a last little song


Why don't you...
Why don't you try...

You are I or I am you
You I am or I am you
You am I or am I you
You are Maya Ram are you
You are my Hiram are you
You am I or I am you
You are Maya I am you
You am I as I are you
You are Maya's eye are you
You are I or I am you

Gong - You (1974)
Canterbury 계열의 대부라고 할 수 있는 Daevid Allen이 이끌었던 Gong의 'Radio Gnome Invisible'이라는 3부작 중 대미를 장식하는 앨범입니다. Arzachel에서도 대활약했던 Steve Hillage의 기타연주가 돋보이는 The Isle of Everywhere를 권해드리고 싶습니다.

IAO ZA-I ZA-O
MA-I MA-O
TA-I TA-O NOW…

Q: Master Builder, tell me how you make a temple?
A: Tools and moon stones, you don't really need them, you know…
Q: Master Builder, tell me what the temple's made of?
A: Deep inside you, you can build an invisible temple in your own imagination if you will

It's a perfect mystery
How becomes a tree a tree
But there's something telling me
That nothing is for nothing is for
Nothing is for only one lifetime
Learning to be

Cops at the door
No cops at the door
Cops at the door
No cops at the door

What a surprise!
She looked in the cupboard
And found the eyes
In the suitcase

On the Isle of Everywhere
It becomes a man to share
All and everything he cares for
Everyone is everybody else
Is slowly melting themselves
Together again

Look up in the air
The Octave Doctor's there!
And when he strokes his gong
Your middle eye comes on

What a surprise!
She looked around for Zero
But he'd lost his eyes
In a fruitcake

If you want to fly, if you want to become a star, a superhero
You could try the ascension of the great pyramid of life
Counting again and again from one to nine
Approaching and pushing away infinity ? O sweet absurdity!
But if you prefer that old silly number zero
You'll become a master of doing nothing ? being nothing

DINGO:
Maybe you're here for the giggle
Maybe you're into the puzzle
Maybe you're blowing the bubble
Maybe you're all in a muddle

i.
The more you know
The more you know
You don't know what you know
Stone's throw left to go
Bad weather hell for leather
Now and zen you goof again
You never blow your trip forever

ii.
Earth mother soul brother
Be high here now
Third eye open soon
Meanwhile new world group soul
Lost and found underground
Next time round

iii.
A real weird number
Is Zero the man
Because he a turnin on
Round & round again
They say he'll never make it
But I think he can

iv.
There's a hole in the morning
It's the hole that he was born in
Now the old man's yawnin…

v.
It's the world of illusions
And Zero the Hero
Is up to his ears
In the mysteries…
No solution to speak of…
Around & round & round &
Round & round
That's Zero going round again…

And maybe you come
And maybe you're gone
And maybe you're right
And maybe you're wrong
Maybe you're a one
And maybe you two
And maybe you're free
And dunno what for
Just as long as you're alive
It's all the same
It's all in the name
It's all in the sky and

It doesn't really matter
If you make it
So long as you try

So its back on the path
Beside the road to everywhere
Gonna jump my horses
Over the weeks to everywhere
And with you we will share
Your sack of cares…

And if things don't change for
Better or worse
Well man you must be dead
But you don't have to give up hope
And you don't have to give up dope (until you do)
And you don't have to change your ways
You just have to be what you are my friends today…
That's what the Octave Doctor says…

So there goes Zero the Hero
Turning on around the wheel of births and deaths
And meanwhile the Octave Doctors
And the Pot Head Pixies
And all the other characters of the Planet Gong
Have to leave you now with a last little song

vi.
Why don't you…?
Why don't you try?…

vii. The Mantram Chant of You
You are I or I am you
You I am or I am you
You am I or am I you
You are Maya Ram are you
You are my Hiram are you
You am I or I am you
You are Maya I am you
You am I as I are you
You are Maya's eye are you
You are I or I am you

Bye Bye

You are my Magick Brother
You are the one in Love
You are my Mystic Sister
You are the one in Love

Welcome to the Aquarian Age

Remember in the lives before
We walked the path and reached the door
I knew you then & there we swore
We'd never fight another war.

Now if you're feeling rather lonely &
you wonder where you are.
Maybe you're one of many
from a faraway star.
You're born on this Planet now
to help to show the way.
To stop the spread of darkness
And to sing the Golden Age.

Maybe we'll all find out
just what it's all about
And listening for the sound
It's happening underground.

Believe what you want for you its true
You are your boundry
Give what you've got
And you'll get more than you have found already.

The more you know the more yr lovin the more & more

The cities sink beneath the Sea.
The Golden gate has lost the key.
The prophets told them long ago
That one in all in one is so

Coz if you know what you're doing
And it is the only way
And if you're living yr life & loving yr life
And yr giving yr games away
And if you learn not to burn unless
you want yourself to drown
And if you close yr eyes to get up high
so you can look back down

And everything we made
a flicker of light and shade
A body to wander by
A whistle of sound & sigh

Whose are these words I sing
& what does my guitar sing
This is not me, I am not this
I'm only passing.

The more you do for love you know the more you know

The child will lead them by the hand
The beast of prey from every land
And in the eyes of every man
O Krishna there you are again

Ommmmmmm...

Gnome, Gnome…
Radio Gnome…
Radio Gnome, Radio Gnome Invisible

Then when you're receiving
Perceiving your telepathic powers
Who knows why the wind blows through this window
Why you believe in me
We believe in you

What's that in the sky now?
Teapots that can fly now
Voices in your head
Tell me what they said

Banana, nirvana, manana (you know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (I know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (we know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (who knows)
Banana, nirvana, manana (you know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (I know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (we know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (who knows)

Everything you think shows
Hanging round your head
Underneath your long hair
Tell me what you feel there

You hear me
But I don't see you
You feel me
One day I'll be you

Radio Gnome…
Radio Gnome Invisible

Then when you're receiving
Believing your telepathic powers
Who knows why the wind blows through this window
Why you believe in me
We believe in you

What's that in the sky now?
Teapots that can fly now
Voices in your head
Tell me what they said

I love Selene
Qeen of my dreams I see you there
She's come to be me
Now I can see her everywhere
Mother of the earth
Mother of the sea
Moon in the sky
I'm your reflection oh
Deep down in the sea
Turn on slowly…

Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite
Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite
Dynamite
Baby…

I am your animal watching your head
I have been following you
Walking behind you
Sleeping with you
Getting into your bed
And I watch… And watch… And see how you are
Lying…
I am your animal
Your head is in my hands
And I'm going to fuck you up
fuck you up
fuck you up
Fuck fuck fuck fuck
Fuck fuck fuck fuck…

Dynamite

Wicked olde target - ya sun!
Wicked olde target - ya sun!

Yer finger at the trigger
And yer body burnin' up
Yo lick the moon busy ole foole
That big fat sun up there in the sky
Yaaaaaa sunnn
But wots that beside it?
Is it a comet?
Or a technicolour wide screen invisible planet?
Well it's tha Planet Gong…
The Planet Gong…
Yer finger at the trigger
And yer body burnin' up…
Camembert Electrick!